The SSR Resource Centre and CIGI have just released SSR Issue Paper no. 8, Towards a Non-State Security Sector Reform Strategy. The paper outlines a comprehensive strategy for engaging non-state actors in SSR by synthesizing the emerging literature on this approach and developing new conceptual tools to advance policy and practice. It explains when and why 
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May | 2012
Towards a Non-State SSR Strategy
By: Michael Lawrence | Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012Afghanistan as a Test of Canadian Politics: What did we Learn from the Experience?
By: Michael Lawrence | Tuesday, May 15th, 2012CIGI and the SSR resource Centre have just released the 10th and final edition of the Afghanistan Papers. Stephen Saideman’s paper, Afghanistan as a Test of Canadian Politics, considers lessons that can be drawn from the Canadian effort in Afghanistan, especially the challenges of trying to build security, governance and development in Kandahar. First, it
A Response to ‘Policing in Palestine’
By: Michael Lawrence | Friday, May 11th, 2012The recent SSR Issue Paper Policing in Palestine: The EU Police Reform Mission in the West Bank by Madeline Kristoff examines the process of police reform, makes policy recommendations, and ultimately concludes that the construction of legitimate and sustainable Palestinian institutions requires a credible Palestinian-Israeli peace process. We are pleased that Henrik Malmquist, head of
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